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Buckeye Lake council adopts ordinance requiring pet owners to clean up after animals
Summary
The Buckeye Lake Village Council adopted Ordinance 2025-45 requiring animal owners to properly clean up after their animals. The measure passed 6–1 with Councilor Tom Wolfe voting no.
Buckeye Lake Village Council adopted Ordinance 2025-45 on Sept. 8, 2025, establishing a requirement that animal owners properly clean up after their animals. The motion to adopt was made by Councilor Douglas Keener and seconded by Councilor Sue Wadley; the ordinance passed on a 6–1 roll-call vote with Councilors Deb Julian, Douglas Keener, John Lemmon, Sue Wadley, Don Cable and Kellie Green voting yes and Councilor Tom Wolfe voting no.
The ordinance was introduced during the meeting and immediately moved to adoption; the text of the ordinance as presented was recorded in the meeting packet but detailed enforcement provisions, fines or effective date were not specified in the meeting transcript. Council did not record subsequent amendments during debate.
The vote makes the ordinance part of local law pending any codification or an indicated effective date in the clerk’s records. The council did not attach additional implementation language on the floor; any enforcement provisions and the formal effective date will appear in the finalized ordinance document maintained by the clerk’s office.
